Girls tournament roundup: Brimfield strikes early

-- Brimfield jumped to an early lead Wednesday and clipped Champaign St. Thomas More 42-29 to advance to the 1A-2A title game at the State Farm Holiday Classic.

Brycie Courter led three Brimfield players in double figures with 14 points, including three 3-pointers.
The Indians play for the tourney crown at 4:30 p.m. Thursday

-- A low-scoring first half gave way to a one-sided second half in the Richwoods-Springfield Sacred Heart-Griffin Class 3A-4A game.

Unfortunately for Richwoods, it was on the wrong side and dropped a 45-28 semifinal decision.

After being tied at 12 at halftime, SH-G jumped to a 14-point lead at the end of the third quarter.
Junior Susan Lynd led Richwoods, with nine points.

Richwoods plays for third place against Park Ridge Maine South at 9 a.m. Thursday.

-- In the 3A-4A consolation title game, Notre Dame shut down Rock Island Alleman for a 52-41 victory, highlighted by 19 points from Kristin Itschner.

Elle Bielfeldt added 11 points for the Irish.

-- In a Mid-Illini matchup for 3A-4A consolation third place, Metamora came out ahead in the seesaw battle, edging Morton 58-55 after trailing by five at the half.

Metamora’s Justine Phillips led all scorers with 19 while Mariah Nimmo had 18 for Morton.

AT BEARDSTOWN

-- A strong fourth quarter wasn’t enough to overcome Piasa Southwestern’s early dominance, and Illini West dropped a 38-27 title decision.

The Chargers were limited to just two first-quarter points and didn’t hit double figures on the scoreboard until the third quarter. Carter Wear’s eight points paced Illini West.

AT MANUAL

-- Limestone rallied to close an eight-point first-quarter gap to two, but wasn’t able to pull off the victory, dropping a 42-35 decision to Springfield Southeast for third place.

Rockets senior Felicia Johnson led all scorers with 21.

-- A fourth-quarter rally lifted East Peoria to a 48-47 victory in the consolation title match. Kelsey Shoemaker had 19 points for the Raiders, who also got a 15-point effort, all on three-pointers, from junior guard Carrie Myers.

Colleen Quilty had 15 points and Lauren Cash scored 14 for Pekin.

-- In the title game, Moline built a 10-point halftime lead into a 52-31 victory over East St. Louis.

AT CHARLESTON

-- Galesburg built a 12-point halftime lead and held on for a 79-71 victory over Effingham in the third-place game.

The Silver Streaks made good use of three-pointers, hitting 18 of 54 (33 percent) and taking only 15 shots from inside the arc.

Jessica Howard led Galesburg with 15 points.

AT RIVERTON

-- Tremont held off a second-half rally and edged Midwest Central/Delavan 42-40 for the consolation title.

-- Kewanee narrowed the gap after trailing at the end of the first three quarters of the third-place game, but it wasn’t enough as Port Byron-Riverdale held on for a 46-41 victory.
Junior Kya Kelly had a game-high 18 points to lead Kewanee.

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